Opinion


Opinion

Bitcoin Mining Is Good for the Energy Grid and Good for the Environment

Bitcoin mining should be hailed as an effective tool for a lower emissions future, not demonized as a monkey wrench in the works.

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Opinion

Nigerians’ Rejection of Their CBDC Is a Cautionary Tale for Other Countries

Nigerians are protesting the African country's digital currency and demanding renewed access to paper money, despite government incentives.

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Opinion

Has Tokenization’s Moment Finally Come?

Tokenization of real-world assets has been dismissed by many crypto purists for operating under a centralized framework, but new technological advances have migrated the process from closed, permissioned projects onto public, permissionless blockchain platforms.

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Opinion

ETHDenver Looks Cringey to You Because Ethereum Has an Actual Community

Like any good punk or hip hop show, this year's Colorado event for coders will feature events that will "scare away normies," CoinDesk Chief Insights Columnist David Z. Morris writes.

Uniswap booth at ETHDenver 2023 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Opinion

What Now for Crypto Banking?

Regulators are leery of traditional banks offering services to crypto companies, and wary of specialist crypto banks, like Custodia, with new business models. Frances Coppola asks: Where do we go from here?

CDCROP: Custodia Bank CEO Caitlin Long on CoinDesk TV's "All About Bitcoin." (CoinDesk TV)

Opinion

Regulators Are Bringing the Multichain Era to a Close

The high cost of understanding multiple chain environments means enterprises are likely to stick to what they know, argues Paul Brody, head of blockchain at EY.

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Opinion

Will DeFi Emerge From Crypto Winter Stronger?

Galaxy Digital researcher Chelsea Virga writes about the innovations happening in decentralized finance.

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Opinion

Keep Crypto in America

If the SEC is serious about U.S. investor protection, it should want crypto to stay in the United States, says CoinDesk's Emily Parker.

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Opinion

Before Silvergate and After Silvergate

The once critically important part of the crypto economy disclosed ugly projections.

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Finance

Advisors: Learn Crypto, or Your Clients Will

The disconnect between financial advisors and their clients around crypto has become increasingly apparent, given that 37% of advisors personally invested in crypto compared to up to 83% of their clients that may have, according to one 2023 survey.

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